An A320 crew rejected their takeoff below 100 KTS when a dmc fault caused the captain's flight displ...

Narrative:

On takeoff roll the captain aborted our takeoff right after the '80 KTS thrust set' call due to the loss of his pfd; nd; and top east/wd screen going blank with diagonal line across each screen. We reached a top ground speed of about 95-100 KTS and maximum braking kicked in for about 1-2 seconds before the captain disconnected autobrakes via the brake pedals. We taxied to the gate while monitoring brake temperatures. Top temperatures reached were about 550 degrees C while at the gate. The mechanic met the aircraft and chocked the wheels and we released the parking brake to allow the brakes to cool. Conditioned air was used to expedite brake cooling and brakes returned to normal temperatures in about 20 minutes. The lower ECAM screen indicated an 'eis dmc [display management computer] 1 fault' and a mechanic positioned the eis dmc switch on the lower center consol from normal to the dmc 3 position by the mechanic and all three blank screens returned to normal display. As the mechanic was working the problem; the captain contacted dispatch and the chief to insure that all checklists and requirements were met prior to continue with a deferred dmc 1. All agreed to continue and; after sufficient brake cooling; we departed with no further incident. Upon our arrival dmc 1 was replaced and the dmcs were returned to normal operations.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A320 crew rejected their takeoff below 100 KTS when a DMC fault caused the Captain's flight displays and the upper multi-function screen to blank out. After brakes cooled and maintenance deferred the #1 DMC the flight continued to its destination.

Narrative: On takeoff roll the Captain aborted our takeoff right after the '80 KTS thrust set' call due to the loss of his PFD; ND; and top E/WD screen going blank with diagonal line across each screen. We reached a top ground speed of about 95-100 KTS and maximum braking kicked in for about 1-2 seconds before the Captain disconnected autobrakes via the brake pedals. We taxied to the gate while monitoring brake temperatures. Top temperatures reached were about 550 degrees C while at the gate. The mechanic met the aircraft and chocked the wheels and we released the parking brake to allow the brakes to cool. Conditioned air was used to expedite brake cooling and brakes returned to normal temperatures in about 20 minutes. The lower ECAM screen indicated an 'EIS DMC [Display Management Computer] 1 Fault' and a mechanic positioned the EIS DMC switch on the lower center consol from normal to the DMC 3 position by the mechanic and all three blank screens returned to normal display. As the mechanic was working the problem; the Captain contacted Dispatch and the Chief to insure that all checklists and requirements were met prior to continue with a deferred DMC 1. All agreed to continue and; after sufficient brake cooling; we departed with no further incident. Upon our arrival DMC 1 was replaced and the DMCs were returned to normal operations.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	994690
Time
Date	201202
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Navigational Equipment and Processing
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 110 Flight Crew Total 11600 Flight Crew Type 7100
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

An A320 crew rejected their takeoff below 100 KTS when a dmc fault caused the captain's flight displays and the upper multi-function screen to blank out. After brakes cooled and maintenance deferred the #1 dmc the flight continued to its destination.